Eastern Sun, 6 February 1968

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  • 22 1 Eastern Sun Independent National Daily SINGAPORE EDITION E»td. 1966. Vol. 2 No. 550 Tuesday, 6 February 1968. MC(P) 0050 Price 15 cents
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  • 197 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Australian Minister for External Affairs, Mr. Paul Hasluck this afternoon had one and a half hour discussions with the Deputy Premier Tun Abdul Razak on defence arrangements at Parliament House. Both leaders told newsmen after their meeting that the talks were
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  • 135 1 NEW DELHI, Mon (Reuter) The United States held out no hope today of increased American aid to the world's poorer nations in the immediate future The U S Under-Secretary of State, Mr. Eugene Rbstow told the second United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
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  • 26 1 SAIGON. Mon. (Reuter) The South Vietnamese Government Refugee Ministry was today handing out cans of spaghetti and meatballs to hungry Vietnamese war victims.
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  • 678 1 Over 16,976 Vietcong killed in past seven days says U.S. spokesman Fighting continues in several South Vietnamese cities: Saigon, Mon. (Reuter 6c UPI) North Vietnamese troops today began a fierce bombardment of the remote U.S. Marine base at Khe Sanh and charged marine positions on nearby
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  • 88 1 SAIGON. Mon. (UPI) An estimated 300.000 South Vietnamese civilians have been left homeless by the communist offensive up and down the country. Civilian casualties were thought to be high more than 200 killed and 2.000 wounded, with many not yet buried. US. officials believe the communists' Tet offensive,
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  • 96 1 WASHINGTON. Mon. (UPI) The Defence Department said on Sunday the Joint Chiefs of Staff had told President Johnson that Khe Sanh. the South Vietnamese border post currently under heavy enemy attack, “could and should be defended." Time Magazine. In Its latest issue, said that
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  • 74 1 SAIGON. Mon <UPI> A clear sign Saigon's Vietcong invasion has been beaten. the American downtown post exchange opened for business today. For five days, it had been shut while combat raged in the streets around. Americans lined up outside to purchase canned food, cigarettes. soap.
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  • 33 1 HONG KONG. Mon. (Reuter) A mass meeting was held by Vietnamese procommunist groups in Hanoi last night to hail the Vietcong's recent victories, the (North) Vietnam News Agency reported today.
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  • 83 1 JAKARTA. Mon. (Reuter) Indonesian mania for abbreviations Is driving some foreigners to distraction. Rebellions, women’s associations. coup attempts, law courts and army commands all are known bv their initials or by abbreviated titles. Thl* makes it possible for puzzled diplomats and Journalists newly arrived here to spend
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  • 354 1 PUEBLO CREW: TOKYO. Mon. (Reuter) The South Korean News Agency Hapdong reported today that the United States and North Koiea had reached agreement in principle for the release of Pueblo's 83man crew. The agency quoted reliable sources as reporting that the agreement was reached
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  • 68 1 WASHINGTON. Mon (Reuter) Defence Secretary Robert McNamara said yesterday the seizure of the spy ship Pueblo did not hurt the United States because the crew destroyed much of its secret equipment. And within an hour of the ship's capture by North Korean gunboats, the foundation of the
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  • 59 1 BONN. Mon. (Reuter) The West German news agency DP A today retracted a report in which It quoted Foreign Minister Willy Brandt as describing President De Gaulle as obsessed by power. The report, Issued by the Agency on Saturday, caused a flurry of diplomatic activity
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  • 48 1 MELUN. FRANCE. Mon. (Reuter) Labourers at a building site here arrived at work today to find their giant crane stripped of its 20 wheels and lying up to the axles in mud. Intruders had removed the wheels, weighing 110 kilos < 250 pounds) each, during the night.
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  • LOCAL NEWS
    • 361 3 INGA PORE, Mon. Delegates to the third Conference of South* east Asian Ministers of Educational Council arrived here today. The conference at Singapore Conference Hall will be declared open tomorrow, by the Deputy Prime Minister, Dr. Toh Chin Chye. First to arrive was the
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    • 103 3 Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, 'former Chancellor of the University of Malaya, visited the University of Singapore Art Museum recently. He has presented many Item* of works of art from his collection to the Museum During this visit- he was presented with copies of two cartoons of himself
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    • 69 3 SINGAPORE. Mon Four boys three brothers and a neighbour celebrating Chinese New Year In true multi-racial spirit, were burnt by their own crackers last night. The brothers are Kashlm. 12. Alias. 8. and Salim bin Buang, 3, of Jalan Hajl Allas. Their neighbour is Sulalman
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    • 83 3 SINGAPORE. Mon. Two separate military field exercises will fee conducted from Feb 8 12. The first one. in the Mandal catchment area towards west of Pierce Reservoir. will Involve 150 military personnel. It will be held from 830 am. on Thursday until 8.30 am. an
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    • 218 3 SINGAPORE, Mon. The Chinese New Year fire which destroyed 26 stalls at the Singapore Festivol *6B, hos not deterred the organisers. Work is now on In full swing to turn more than 10 000 sq. ft. of the firesite into a festival fairyland complex
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    • 206 3 SINGAPORE. Mo n. Some 200 guests, representing the Government of Singapore, the diplomatic corps. New Zealand, Commonwealth and Singapore forces and the business community, attended a reception to mark the New Zealand National Day, Waitangi Day. this evening at the residence of
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    • 95 3 SINGAPORE Mon. Six youths, charged with gang robbery of $2.20 with hurt, was today remanded for a week in the Central Police Station by the Ninth Magistrate’s Court. They are alleged to have committed gang robbery of $1 and $1.20 from two
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    • 200 3 SINGAPORE. Mon. A “Hokkien mee” seller, Yap Boon Leong, was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment by Mr. Justice Chua in the High Court today when he pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of culpable homicide not amounting to murder. Yap, alias Boon Yong.
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    • 123 3 SINGAPORE. Mon. Two Asian-born soldiers have returned for active service in this part of the world. They are Corporal Hylton Frugtniet. of Perth, and Lance-Corporal Eric Mok. of Geraldton, Western Australia. Corporal Fruetn.et was bom in Kuala Lumpur and Lance-Corporal Mok was born in
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    • 407 3 SINGAPORE, Mon. The two-day triol of 18 women, between the ages of 20 and 66 years, charged with unlawful assembly began in the 10th Magistrate's Court today. The women, described as wives, girl-friends, mothers and immediate relatives of some political detainees, are alleged
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    • 184 3 SINGAPORE, Mon A five-man North Vietnamese trade delegation headed by .Mr. Ngo Thanh Giang, 48. SecretaryGeneral and Chamber Chief of Delegation flew into Singapore today to explore the possibilities of trade between the two countries. He told newsmen at the airport that their main task
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    • 133 3 SINGAPORE. Mon. Lim Chin Seng, alias Lam Tem Pau. was jailed for six months by a Magistrate's Court today for possession of a meat-chopper without lawful authority. Lim, who had three previous convictions for armed robbery and one for criminal intimidation, pleaded guilty to committing
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    • 539 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. The Deputy Prime Minister. Tun Abdul Razak. today denied that the Cabinet was having second thoughts about the desirability of setting up a free legal aid bureau He said the Government was now studying recommendations
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    • 83 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon The Prime Minister. Tunku Abdul Rahman, has sent the following message to the Prime Minister of Ceylon in Colombo, on the occasion of Ceylon's Independence Day: “On the auspicious occasion of the 20th anniversary of the independence of Ceylon. may I on
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    • 22 4 ALOR STAR. Mon.—The Debuty Chief Education Officer. Kedah. Enche Abdul Rahnian bin Arshad will prbcbbd on transfer to Kelantan shortly.
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    • 167 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. An Alliance backbencher today hit out at office girls in Parliament House wearing “sexy miniskirts" and “cheong-sams revealing almost all of their thighs." Haji Mokhtar bin Haji Ismail (Perlis Selatan) said Parliament was a noble house, where thousands of visitors flocked in.
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    • 326 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. The Minister of Education. Enche Mohamed Khir Johari. today reiterated his assurances that no school-children who had the aptitude for studies would be denied the chance because of financial difficulties. Enche Khir was replying to oral questions by Dr
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    • 1126 4  -  MALAYSIAN PARLIAMENT REPORTS BY LIM THOW BOON AND MUSA SCULLY ITT ALA LUMFUR, Mon. tA Alliance backbencher, Dr. Mahathir Mohamed (Kota Star Bclatan) this afternoon in the Dewan Ra'ayat railed on the Government to give preference to serving career officers in the
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    • 225 4 KUALA LUMPUR M«n The Malaysian Ambassador to the United States. Tan Sri Ong Yoke Lin. returned here this evening for routine consultations with the Government Tan Sri Ong was me’ at the airport by th* Minister of Education. Enche Mohamed Khir Johari. the Minister of
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    • 184 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon Dr. Tan Chee Khoon Labour .MP for Batu. today criticised the Government for what be described as its bad habit of filling diplomatic posts with “feudalist chiefs.” He said It was no use sending political has-beens to Malaysian embassies
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    • 103 4 Today: “Four Exhibitions From Four Countries at Natonal Art Gallery 10 am. to 6 30 pm: Tushar Kanti Paul Exhibition on "Australia through Malaysian eyes” at Samat Art Gallery 9 a m to 6 p m.: Works of prominent Malaysian artists by Peninsular Art Society at 41 Jalan
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    • 485 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. "There is no shortcut to economic development. "The only road to prosperity is long and arduous, and demands the sweat and sacrifice of the developing nations themselves if their at.irations are ever to become actuality.” These words by the President
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    • 226 4 TAPAH, Mon. Five masked men. one armed with a pistol, held up a businessman and his family early this morning and got sway with $5,200 in cash and Jewellery. The victim. Goh Kee Peng. 50. was cut In the right hand when he put up a struggle
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    • 234 4 IPOH, Mon. A niece of the missing Thai silk millionaire. Mr. Jim Thompson, who mysteriously vanished from the Cameron Highlands while on holiday on Mar 26 last year, is hopeful of finding her uncle still alive. She is Mrs. Earl P. Gallaher. who accompanied? her husband, a
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    • 21 4 PENANG, Mon Two cases of motor-cycle theft were reported to the polic* during the last 24 hour a.
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    • 202 13 SINGAPORE, Mon—The National Library it sponsoring an exhibition of personal reference books at its Lecture Hall from Feb 8 to J 4 from 10 am. to 7 pm. daily except Sunday. The exhibition, which it arranged by the British Council, will have on show some
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    • 143 13 SINGAPORE. Mon. The Singapore Postmas-ter-General announced todav that there would be no delivery of correspondence or parcels on Feb. 12, the Thaipusam festival (public holiday). The hour* of business at the General Post Office will be from 9 am. to noon. All other Post
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    • 127 13 SINGAPORE. Mon.— Two teenagers and two men were today charged in the Ninth Magistrate’s Court with voluntarily causing hurt to two Police Constables They are Chua Han Hiang, 16. Lee Eng Lam, 16. Lee Eng Guan, 34, and Chua Tian Ser. 32. They
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    • 433 13 OINGAPORE, Mon. Th« Australian External Affairs Minister, Mr. Paul Hasluck, left Singapore today "with a more realistic account" of the views of the Singapore Government which he will report back to the Australian Cabinet. The Minister maintained that his talks with Singapore
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    • 260 13 SINGAPORE, Mon. The 24-member Singapore delegation will leave here for Taipeh, Taiwan, this week to take part in the 17th Annual Conference of the Pacific Area Travel Association (PATA) and the Bth An- nual Workshop. The Tourist Promotion Board will be represented by
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    • 90 13 SINGAPORE, Mon. The British Army in Singapore gave a big "New Year treat" to more than 250 children from Tanjong Pagar and Bukit Timah Community Centres last week. In lorries, specially provided for the occasion, the 18th Signal Regiment played host to
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    • 112 13 SINGAPORE. Mon. —The Minister for Culture and Social Affairs Enche Othman Wok. will visit the Red Cross Home at Nicoll Drive tomorrow. This is part of his tour of voluntary welfare organisations in the Republic. During his tour tomorrow, the Minister will also visit
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    • 46 13 600 p.m. Singapore Festival '6B at Gay World Amusement Park. Gevlang 7.30 p.m Free film shows by the Ministry of Culture at Pulau Blakang Mati. Wing Loong Road open space (off Changi Road). Delhi Road (Naval Base) andCocOnut plantation (off and coconut planation (off
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    • 255 13 SINGAPORE, Mon. The Chairman of the Singapore Hardware Association, Mr. Lun Yue Sheong, this morning presented a cheque for $B,OlO to the Minister of Defence, Mr. Lim Kim San, for the National Defence Fund at the Ministry of Defence, Pearl's Hill. From this
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    • 324 13 SINGAPORE, Mon. The Stage Club, Singapore will present the "Variation On a Theme" a play written by a leading English dramatist, Terence Rattigan as its next production. The season will commence at the Cultural Centre Theatre. Canning Rise from Feb. 28 to March
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    • 81 13 SINGAPORE. Mon. A 68-year-old pedestrian. Seah Sim Tin. who was involved in an accident with a lorry, died on the way to the General Hospital yesterday. The accident occurred at the junction of Serangoon Road and Boon Keng Road. Those who have seen the accident are
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    • 93 13 SINGAPORE. Mon. A joint fund-raising committee will be set up by the Citizens’ Consultative Committees in Bukit Panjang. Bukit Timah, Chua Chu Kang and Jurong constituencies to raise money for the National Defence Fund. This was decided at a special meeting of the
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    • 163 13 SINGAPORE. Mon More than 900 wheat recipes have been received for the second cooking competition, “The proof is in the Eating.” organised by Radio and TV Singapura. It will be held on Feb. 25 at Singapore Badminton Hall in Guillemard Road here. Persons whose
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    • 80 3 Japanese goodwill mission visits Spastic Children’s Association atsL.: ffa m SINGAPORE, Mon. A group of 90 members of the "Japanese Youth Goodwill Cruise" today visited the Singapore Spastic Children's Association. They were there to have an insight of the SSCA. Mrs. K. K. Khor, matron of the Association, was there
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  • Boutique
    • 408 5  - Step into fashion put your best foot forward Story by Pat Chan T>OOTS ore mode for walking but shoes are geared for dancing. For mods who go "Swing-in." Shoes swing their way right to the top of fashion making a name for themselves in styles fantastically fascinating. Colours pour out
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    • 200 5 racing gloves, in colourful leather, cut out over back and knuckles, with a contrast fabric lining showing through the holes. new interest for quilted robes, now done in paisley. Oriental type brocades, fleece and velvet, all in abstract quilted patterns. a revival of classic sportswear looks
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    • 54 5 SPRING lingerie blooms with flowers, now often embroidered. Figure Flattery does a group in white. Dink. blue, maize or mint, all in pale pink Schiffli floral embroi- dery. Shown, left to right, are the panty-girdle. chemise slip, pettipants. lightly padded bra. regular pants and bikini panty.
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    • 225 5 FOR a winter holiday in the sun. clothes make the trip two ways. They go the pretty route, where the scenery is all flowers, fluff and ruffles. Or they take a by-pass very straight, narrow, cool and chic. Whichever Itinerary you prefer to follow, It is
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    • 341 6 Tuesday FEBRUARY 6 AM. TIMEX-TIME 600 GOOD MORNING 601 MORNING PRELUDE 760 THE NEWS 7.10 BREAKFAST BULLETIN A magazine programme that include* interviews and new* of current activities in Singapore. 7.20 UP AND ABOUT Music to en'ertain you at breakfast time. SO# THE NEWS 810 UP AND ABOUT Yet another
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    • 575 6 mio Hi w. <s. QaV Music from guitars Harold Brad>y. 10.00 SCOPE Narcotic problems. Fishing in the Carrlbbean. Freedom from Hunger Campaign A U.N. Programme 1015 LATIN BEAT 10 30 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE LITERARY SOCIETY 11 00 THE NEWS 11.15 HERBERT SCHOON AND HIS COMBO 30 minutes- of light melodies
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 673 7 SAIGON, Mon. (Reuter) Saigon's streets were under a strict curfew lost night as truckloads of heavily armed American and South Vietnamese troops moved into the city amid official warnings of a possible second Vietcong attack. All civilians were ordered off the streets
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    • 218 7 PARIS, Mon. (Reuter) Over 400 French and Japanese university scientists, today appealed to their American colleagues to stop research into chemical and biological weapons for use in Vietnam. The 423 signatories of the appeal, released here today, included Alfred Hastier,
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    • 121 7 MILAN. Mon. (Reuter) Professor Chris Barnard, South African heart transplant surgeon, arrived here last night from Pans to take part in a debate at the University today. He will also attend a reception given in his honour by Milan publisher Arnoldo Mondadori. who has acquired the
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    • 92 7 CAPE KENNEDY. Florida, Mon. (Reuter). Britain's first Polaris submarine. HM S. Resolution, arrived here today. The Resolution and its two crews will be here about a month during which each of the crews will conduct a Polaris firing some 30 miles at sea off the shores
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    • 131 7 KINSHASA. Mon. (Reuter) The Congo-Kinshasa, Chad and the Central African Republic have decided to group themselves in a “Union of Central African States. Congo President Joseph Mobutu said here today He said in a speech that other central African countries would be invited to
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    • 98 7 WASHINGTON. Mon. (Reuter) Secretary of Defence Robert McNamara admitted today he made “A serious error” in advising the late President Kennedy to authorise the abortive Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in 1962. “It is very much on my conscience.” Mr McNamara who is re*iring at the end
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    • 77 7 FRANKFURT, (Dad) Employees of the Senekenbere Museum in Frankfurt must use a moveable ladder while restoring a giant finner skeleton. The skeleton of the 22-metre long mammal is one of the main showpieces of the exhibit rooms which were opened to the public during the recent 150th anniversary celebrations of
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    • 370 7 ‘Fatal blow at Mao’s opponents in North China HONG KONG. Mon. (Reuter) Supporters of Chairman Mao Tse Tung have dealt a “fatal blow” at their opponents in North China with the establishment of a new administrative organ to control Hopei Province, the New China News Agency reported last night. Some
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    • 163 7 NEW YORK. Mon. (UPD The Daily News warned today that *he United States could “escape the fate of Great Britain” if sufficient administrative organisations started looking for ways to eradicate the many welfare state schemes “Spawned by brother-knows-best liberals". The News said in an editorial: Perhaps
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    • 102 7 ic EW YORK, Mon (Reuter) Shots were fired at the home of a Sanitation Department foreman yesterday while New York City dustmen continued their strike over a pay demand. Police said two shotgun blasts were fired at the home of Louis Desifano who
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    • 73 7 PARIS. Mon. (Reuter). French Foreign Minister Maurice Couve de Murville last night summoned West German ambassador Manfred Klaiber to a 20-minute meeting here. French Foreign Ministry officials declined to make any immediate comment on the unscheduled meeting. The meeting follows denials by West German Foreign Minister H
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    • 163 7 NEW YORK. Mon. (Reuter) Sir Winston Churchill ha? made the greatest mark for good upon our times of all the leaders of this century, according to a poll of members of the Overseas Press Club of America published here today. The next 11 figures
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    • 151 7 KIEL. West Germany, Mon (Reuter). Scientists and scholars from Eastern and Western Europe concluded a three-day conference here last night during which they discussed the possibility of setting up an authority to supervise the continent's security. A spokesman said the Pugwash Conference so
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    • 145 7 ASWAN. Egypt. Mon. (Reuter) President Tito of Yugoslavia last night called on President Nasser at his hotel here, where they are expected to start their first round of talks on the Middle East situation. President Tito, who arrived here yesterday from Addis Ababa for a five-dav
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    • 86 7 WOLVERHAMPTON. England, Mon. (Reuter) About 5.000 Sikhs marched through the streets here today to hand a letter to the town's mayor protesting against the dismissal of a Sikh from his job. Busman Tarsem Singh was recently dismissed by transport authorities for continuing to wear his beard and
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    • 247 7 U.S. TO DISCUSS PROBLEM WITH EUROPE BRUSSELS. Mon. (Reuter) United States measures to stop the dollar drain are expected to be a major theme of talks in Washington this week between Common Market Commission President Jean Rev and U.S. leaders. M Rey leave? here by air later today and is
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    • 267 10 SYDNEY, Mon- (Reuter) The Sydney Sun newspaper today forecast General William Westmoreland would be removed from his post as American military commander in Vietnam because of last week's events there. In its editorial the Sun declared “The disaster of last week and the gloomy promise
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    • 80 10 TOKYO. Mon <CPI) Mrs Hisa Sato. 58. delivered an umbrella to her daughter last Sept. 20 and on the wav home crossed an intersection in Tokyo's Suginami ward. She was struck by an automobile and died the next day. Her husband. Takashi Sato, also 58.
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    • 237 10 WASHINGTON, Mon. (UPI) Two Harvard economists yesterday said the TS. has long been headed toward “disguised devaluation’’ of the dollar and that the President’s programme to halt the balance of payments deficit “takes us a long distance further in that direction
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    • 147 10 PALM BEACH. Florida. Mon (CPI) Joseph P. Kennedy, father of the last President John F. Kennedy and two U.S. senators, suffered another stroke at his Palm Beach winter home yesterday and was reported in serious condition. A family spokesman said a priest had been
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    • 95 10 MANILA. Mon <UPI> The Philippines First Ladv, Imelda Marcos, was reported resting well todav after suffering an apparent miscarriage The Presidential Press Office was vague about Its announcement on the cause of Mrs. Marcos' one-day hospitalisation last Saturday It merely said she underwent a “DNC",
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    • 114 10 HUE. Vie’nam. Mon (UPI) UPI photographer Dana Stone was lightly wounded today in fighting against Vietcong troops in the ancient Vietnamese capital of Hue. Stone. 23. was hit in the back with shrapnel during a fight outside a restaurant and sports club on the
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    • 213 10 WASHINGTON. Mon (Reuter) Secretary of State Dean Rusk disclosed today the U.S. had “limited its bombing of Hanoi and Haiphong recently in an effort to encourage Hanoi to begin talks on the Vietnam war But Mr. Rusk reported that North Vietnam had rejected President Johnson's
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    • 113 10 KIRYU, Japan, Mon. (UPI) Ryoji Takanashi. 19. who lost both arms and one eye seven years ago. will graduate at the top of his high school class on March 7. Ryoji-San. son of a textile manufacturer, was run over by a bus in 1961 while
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    • 81 10 HARLOW. England. Mon. (UPI) Dr. Roland Edgar Slade, a key figure in early British nuclear research leading to development of the atomic bomb, died at his home on Friday, it was announced today. He was 81. Slade worked closely with Lord Rutherford, who in 1919 proved
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    • 164 10 HONG KONG. Mon One morning a week, twelve very special people appear at one of Hong Kong's latest and largest ten-pin bowling centres. These people, young and old. are all hospital convalescents, Some are paraplegics. others have had their arms and legs amputated.
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    • 409 10 ROK: An embarrassing surprise SEOUL, Mon. (UPI). South Korea today showed sensitive reactions to suggestions by ranking American officials that the U.S. Navy intelligence ship Pueblo might have violated Communist North Korean waters before its seizure on Jan. 23.
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    • 75 10 JAKARTA Mon. (Reuter) Indonesia's Acting President General Suhar*o. has ordered the dissolution of the country's Foreign Exchange Bureau to simplify the machinery of government. An official announcement over the weekend said its functions would be taken over by the Central Bank and the Finance Ministry. One
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    • 84 10 TOKYO. Mon. UPI) The price of fish is going up in Japan as a result of North Korea's capture of the U.S. Intelligence ship Pueblo. The government’s fisheries agency said fewer Japanese fishing vessels are operating in the Sea of Japan because of increased American
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    • 61 10 COWES. Isle of Wright, Mon (UPI) The world's biggest and first open sea hovercraft was launched here yesterday at the slipwav of the Bntish Hovercraft Corporation's yard. The giant SRN4. which is to go into service with British railways between Dover. England. and Goulogne. France, is capable
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    • 142 10 CAPE TOWN. Mon. (UPI) The discharge date of Dr. Philip Blaiberg. the world's only surviving heart transplant patient, from Groot© Sehuur Hospital has now been set back at least five days, a hospital source said yesterday. The source said there was “nothing wrong" with Blaiberg and
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    • 47 10 WASHINGTON. Moo (UPI) President Johnson was quoted yesterday as saying he did not want Khe Sanh currently under heavy North Vietnamese attack to turn into “Any damned Dien Bien Phu.’’ In a statement the Defence Department said the outpost “could and should be defended.’’
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    • 24 10 CANBERRA Mon (Reuter) Australia is to make a growth hormone extracted from human pituitary glands available fre© to dwarfed children.
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    • 134 10 KOTA KINABALU. Sabah. Mon. (Reuter) Forty Indonesian Chinese who are being detained by police for illegal entry into Sabah have said they prefer to stay in Sabah prisons rather than go back to Indonesia, the English language Sabah Times said today. The 40
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    • 51 10 NICOSIA, Mon (Reuter). —An airliner with 52 passengers and eight crew aboard managed to land safely at a British Air Force base in Cyprus last night despite undercarriage trouble. No one was hurt The Greek Olympic Airlines Comet —en route from London to Nicosia suffered minor
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    • 76 10 JAKARTA. Mon. (UPI) Authorities in Medan North Sumatra have revoked trading rights of 300 Chinese shopowners and ordered the evacuation of their shops, the official Antara News Agency reported today. The shops which have used or leased by the Chinese for years, would be taken over by
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    • 57 10 NEW YORK, Mon. (UPI) A South American jaguar lashed out through the bars of his cage and clawed his Central Park Zoo keeper yesterday. "Florence.” a 125pound animal which had never attacked a human before. inflicted what was described as "a couple of really rough gashes" in
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    • 593 10 Views on V'nam LONDON. .Mon. (UPI) The Daily Telegraph said editorially today the fighting in South Vietnam’s cities underscored what is at stake in the war there. “Bloody evidence of the capabilities and utter ruthlessness of the Communists in Vietnam arouses
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  • 701 8 THE Australian Opposition leader. Mr. Gough Whitlam. has come to terms with reality In Asia. For too long the countries in the Asia and Pacific region are unwilling to speak out frankly about the dangerous developments in Asia because many of them depend on American protection against
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  • 2201 8 rPHE conference of over one hundred and thirty trading countries of the world which is due to take place in New Delhi in February-March 1968 is perhaps the biggest that is being held anywhere in the world under the auspices of the United Nations.
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    • 423 8 YfY wife has been working in Woodbridge Hospital for the past several years as qualified Assistant Psychiatric Nurse. Accordingly, she is eligible to apply for any student nurse position within the hospital or even in other hospital as and when a vacancy arises. Usually, when
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    • 128 8 I refer to L.S. Lee’s “Cat and mouse game between Traffic Police and taxidrivers” which appeared in the “Eastern Sun” dated Tuesday. 23-1-68. A considerable number of parking spaces have been allocated to taxi drivers to be used as “taxi-stands”. There are taxi stands around the vicinity of
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  • 259 8  -  By Henry B. Rothblatt (Author, "Handbook of Evidence For Criminal Trials") brought an action against the director of the State Damages Fund for the injuries she suffered as a result of her auto accident with a driver who fled the scene of the accident. When she lost
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 41 8 Eastern Sun Independent National Newsx>aper TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 6. 1968 23-t. Cantonment Road. Singapore 2. Telephone: *****/7 Penang Office Ipoh Office 39. lalan Sultan. Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia. Telephone: 8. Leith Street. Tel: ***** 77. Brewster Road. Tel: ***** Cable Addrest: AW NEWS
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  • COMMERCIALS & INDUSTRIAL
    • 436 9 /"\TTAWA. Mon. (Reuter) Canadian officials are confident that they can negotiate new wheat sales to China despite a hint of a passible trade detente between Washington and Peking. In his state of the union address last month. President Johnson said the United
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    • 54 9 SINGAPORE. Mon. Mr Prajitno. General Sales Manager of Garuda Head Office in Jakarta will attend the PATA Conference in Taipei, representing Garuda Indonesian Airways Garuda consider it important to promote Pacific travel. With Garuda’s knowledge of the East especially Bali their advice will be greatly sought
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    • 51 9 JOHANNESBURG. Mon. '(Reuter) Some of South Africa’s oldest gold mines have been reopened and are being mined again. Some are yielding gold r.ot in the quantities which caused the great rush from all parts of the globe to the Johannesburg area in the 1880’s but in payable
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    • 93 9 SWANSEA. Wales. Mon. (Reuter) A firm here has appealed to shopkeepers to return thousands of Donald Duck toy—imported from Hong Kong because there is too much lead in the paint. The three shillings and sixpenny toys could be dangerous to children who
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    • 93 9 JAKARTA. Mon. (UPI) Indonesian Trade Minister Maj. Gen. Ashan has urged government run industrial corporations to improve their sales promotion activities to expand their domestic markets. Mr. Ashari said recently announced import restrictions on luxury goods constituted a protection for the domestic industries against
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    • 71 9 JAKARTA Mon (UPI) Indonesian government has authorised the use of USS 4 million of western credits for the continuation of the Karangkates” muiti-purpose hydro engineering project in Eas* Java The project was started with Japanese aid several years ago It will provide electricity. irriga’ion and flood
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    • 120 9 A new British moped called the ‘Scamp’—claimed to be the easiest motor vehicle to service yet produced has just been announced by a company in the Isle of Wight, Southern England. a 49 cc engine mounted alongside the rear wheel and a direct, totally enclosed drive. An automatic clutch. 18inch
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    • 929 9 SINGAPORE. Mon. Industrials held their ground well on the Stock Exchange today despite the war in Vietnam. Prices were generally steady with 20 counters showing gains. 15 down and 12 unchanged. O C.B.C. was a good feature following last week's announcement of a Bonus
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    • 120 9 BAGHDAD Mon (Reuter) —A group of French stateowned oil companies will act as general contractors for the Iraq National Oil Company (INOC) under an agreement signed here today. The agreement with the French group. Entreprise D<> Recherches Et D'Activities Petrolieres (ER.AP.) covers
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    • 79 9 JAKARTA. Mon (Reuter) The Indonesion Minister for Basic and Light Industries. Major General Ashari. has approved the establishment of a joint electronics venture between Phillips of Holland and the s ate-own-ed company. PN. Ralin. The original Ralin Company, which was set up in 1961 to absorb Phillips
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    • 57 9 MADRID. Mon. (UPI) Spanish Trade Minister Faustino Garcia Monco left here yesterday for New Delhi to attend the United Nations Conference for Trade and Development (UNCTAD) He will leave New Delhi on Friday for Jakarta where he will hold talks with Indonesian government officials aimed at increasing the
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    • 15 9 SINGAPORE. Mon. The tin price for todav was $561 per picul, up $l.OO.
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    • 59 9 TAKORADI, Western Ghana. Mon. (Reuter) A rubber tapping and processing school is to be set up at Ainyinasi. Western Ghana, by the middle of this year. Ml- F. A. Taylor, an Agr- lcultural Extension Officer of Ghana’s Ministry of Agriculture announced here yesterday. Mr. Taylor
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    • 303 9 SINGAPORE. Mon. February first grade rubber f.o.b buyers closed at 5 p.m. in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur today at 44} cents per lb., down one and threeeighths of a cent from previous close. The tone was very quiet High Malayan production and stock figures issued this
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    • 24 9 LONDON, Mon. (UPI) Rubber market opened very quiet with spo- 18-3 16 16* No 1 RSS CIF basis oorts —Feb. 15-13/16 16.
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    • 521 9 SINGAPORE—f»t.M k Exchange nid and offer nrlr** officially listed at the close of hnslneaa. INDUSTRIALS Ben A Co 2.33 2.35 Bon.tead 1.65 1 67 c sour 2.26 2.27 heiniral Co. 1 52 1.53 < old storage 3.98 4.02 Dunlop 2.51 1 s mP |t|nR 4 30 4 31
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    • 48 9 (Managers’ Prices) First Malayan XD 2.36 second Malayan XD 1.6!) Third Malayan 1.10 The Commerce Industry 91 The savin; 1 00 Industr* 94 1 03 first Hongkong _xo Second Hongkong J55 Malayan Investment -*>9* 1 und 1 no 1.10 Sterling Commodity 4/2 4/9 <• Hong Kong Currency)
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    • 111 9 SINGAPORE. Mon. The noon prices at the Singapore Chinese Produce exchange today are > Buyer Seller Coconut oil (F <> B Bulk 61 00 ('*****111 <111 (FO B > Drums 63.50 Loose Copra Mixed Jan/Feb 36 50 Muntok White Pepper (I.o.B.) vi. n 137 50 Sarawak Mhlte Pepper (F.O.B.)
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    • 164 9 SINGAPORE. Mon. The following ships are The following ships are ex- expected to lay anchorage pected to be in port today:- at:- Western Roads (W); Godowns Vessels Mezhgorie (W); Kishavos 1/2 Thebean (W); Wing An (W); Gold Anna Maersk Adorer (W); Nanayo Maru 3/9 Hasihama Maru (W).
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 817 9 AIR MOVEMENTS—S'PORE, K. LUMP ARRIVALS MSA 023 12.05 am. from Kuala Lumpur MSI 019 S.05 am. from Kuala Lumpur GIA 982 9.35 am. from Jakarta MSA 121 9.30 am. from Kuala Lumpur MSA 0«5 10.25 am. from Penang. Ipoh. Kuala Lumpur. Malacca. PA A 811 10.05 am. from Jakarta MSA
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    • 80 11 C/ *0 A lS° Th tT has no mainspring The driving"force Is this tiny energy cel! (actual size) It gives steady electric power and steady electric accuracy; costs $2.50 and provides full energy for more than one year (guaranteed) 18K gold plated $95.-Same with calendar $lO5TIMEX ELECTRIC is totally shockproof
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 324 11 rjc -MXd MODEL TF-31LE 'b TMoSE NATIONAL BUY FEBRUARY 6 PM. TIMEX-TIME 645 OPENING ANNCT. Prog. Summary. 5.50 NEWS OUTLINES IN THE NATIONAL LANGUAGE 555 NATIONAL SONGS 600 NEWS IN TAMIL 610 GIGANTOR “The Smoke Robot”. 535 FURY “The Scientist,” with subtitles in the National Language. 700 NEWS IN ENGLISH
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    • 581 11 Channel 5 Kuala Lumpur and Puiau Pinang 6 ipoh and Malaka 3/10 Johore and Singapore 4 Taiping 7 Batu Pahat 9 Kluang Friday FEBRUARY 9 PM TIMEX TIME 3.09 OPENING ANNCT Prog Summarv. 3 01 AN TARA DUA IRAMA A musical programme with Orkes Ash Hamzah Dolmat and Irama Quartet
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    • 351 11 FEBRUARY 6 PM. TIMEXTIME 600 PROG SUMMARY :n the Xa'ional Language. Chinese. Tamil and English 610 BEL AJAR LAH BAHASA KEBANGSAAN Our daily lesson in the National Language 615 CARTOON CORNER A selection of cartoon for children. 640 DE PriTY “Back To Glory” 710 IT S HAPPENING IN SINGAPORE A
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    • 351 11 CHANNEL 5 SINGAPURA I An ETV production 7.40 NEWS IN CHINESE 755 BERITA SINGAPURA (Chinese Version). 8.05 CHINESE CINEMA Part 2 of a Hokkien film. "Miss Onz”. 9.00 NEWS AND NEWSRF.EL in English 925 MUSIC SCORE Music Score presents Hawaiianairs by Herbert Schoon and his Serenaders. Seventeen Songs with dances
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    • 170 11 Cecil Parker as a ga ns of mixed-up bank robbers whose downfall is a meddling sweet old lady played by Katie Johnson. 11 50 CLOSE DOWN. FEBRUARY 1 P M TIMEX TIME 3.30 PROG. SUMMARY in the National Language. Chinese Tamil and English 5.40 BEL AJAR-1. AH BAHASA KEBAXGSAAN Our
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    • 182 11 SHOW A cartoon series. 6.10 MY THREE SONS “Top Secret” Fred MacMurrsy plays the role of a widower who has the task of raising three sons without the aid of a woman but with that of his father-in-law. 6.40 PAR FAH THENG” A Cantonese Musical Drama 7.25 ENGLISH FOR EVERYONE
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    • 213 11 specially to appeal to all members of a Singapore family 8.30 INTERNATIONAL ZONE “The Trace Of Centuries”. A series produced by the United Nations outlining the continuing progress made by the developing nations of the world. 900 NEWS IN ENGLISH 9.15 WHAT OTHERS SAY A review of editorial opinion and
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  • 65 12 TELEVISION Malaysia will start a new thriller series, entitled. “The Human Jungle” trom Sunday, Feb. 25. at 10.20 pm. Above is Mary Steele who portrays Jane Harris, a young woman psychiatric social worker in the ABC's TV him series “The Human Jungle,’’ which
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 1022 12 peaceful fighting men. 7.40 NEWS IN CHINESE 7.55 WHAT OTHERS SAY A review of editorial opinion and reports in the Press. 825 THE LIFE OF A BEE 8.35 THE WORLD IN ACTION “You Can't Find An Uncle Tom". A documentary series on the most pressing issues of the day. 9.00
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    • 2477 12 EDI FFUSION (Silver Network) KUALA LCMPI'B INDIAN PROGRAMMES AM 6.00 Geethaarambam Programme Summary 605 Interlude 6.15 News. 6.20 Geethanjali ENGLISH PROGRAMMES 6.59 RedifFusion March and Opening Announcement 700 News 7.10 Musical Clock 7.25 Items of Local Interest 7.30 Musical Clock 7.45 News In Bahasa Kebangsaan 750 A Word A Day
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    • 211 13 SHAH tGANISRTION L < C O Phone ***** NOW SHOWING —No Free Lift! II a m.. 1.45. 4M. 4.31). 915 p m Jtmw Oarner A Jason Robarda HOUR or THE Grx** (UA) Color by DeLuxe Ac Panavision CAPITOU Phone ***** Last 2 Dit*: 11. 1.30. 4. MS. MO LAND OF
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    • 202 13 Sth EXPLOSIVE DAY 130 4 00. j| 1.30. 4.00. 0.30 1.13 pm II 0.43 130 p m (Ho Free lil MOMs THE MERCENARIES" Red Tavlor Yvette Mimleux In Pana Vl«:on Metroco’.or GALA Bl a/mBOAL) NOW SHOWING! l.«n. 3.30. 7 00 8.15 p m SECRET OF A MAIDEN* Scbpe Mandarin with
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  • NEWSFEATURES
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    • 454 14 Eastern Sun Classified advertisements can be accepted at the following addresses: MONT DOR MILK BAR. Ngee Ann Building. Singapore. SS. MUBARUK b Brothers. 63, Bras Basah Road, and 2, Maiu Avenue. Serangoon Carden Estate. Singapore TAY BUAN CUAN LTD.. SUPERMARKET 83, East Coast Road, Singapore 15. Tel: *****9 HAMIEM STORE.
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    • 372 14 NOTICES NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I. MADAM SIM CHEE CHEW of No:- 462. Joo Chiat Road. Singapore, have applied for a transfer of Public House First Class licence, in respect of premises No. 462 Joo Chiat Road. (Leong Lee Bar) to Tan Yew Kwong, Singapore. and that this application
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    • 100 14 A irm.l RIT THAT con A LONG WAT Eastern Sun miAsswnsn ads —1 S 1,1 21-R. CANTONMENT ROAD. SINCAPOtI 2 TELEPHONES »J«5/T. Advertiser's Name.— Address....Telephone No.—.—..— Number of Insertions— Date(s) Requested Cost S Pirnrat ant tmarup yaar ard«* (PO ctnar Cub rgdcvdl Cllk aim W mlitml Ckrqact Me. krald ka
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  • Sun Sport
    • 309 15 Singapore only a replacement /CIU Mon. (Reuter) The International Hockey Federation M yesterday named 16 national teams to take part in the Mexico City Olympics later this year. Apart from the four semi-finalists in the 1964 Games in Tokyo Australia. India. Pakistan and Spain the teams
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    • 288 15 GRENOBLE Mon. (Reuter) A major controversy broke out on th e eve of the Winter Olympics Games here yesterday over a decision to ban all trade marks on competitors’ skis. The world’s leading skiing nations, among them France. Austria, the U.S and Canada,
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    • 224 15 LOS ANGELES, Sat. (UPI) Cassius Clay, deposed world heavyweight boxing champion, said on Friday that violence in the streets would not aid the Negro's cause. Clay told 1.500 students gahered in the stadium at California State College at Los Angeles that Negro rioting was like
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    • 76 15 THE Malaysian hockey contingent to the recent Lahore tournament, particularly the officials, roared like a hand of all-conquering lions before they left amidst a fanfare of publicity. Now we hear them purring like timid cats without even a goal to their credit. In fact, we
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    • 76 15 GRENOBLE. Mon (Reuter) Beatrice Hustiu, pint-sized Rumanian figureskater, only eleven years and five months, will be the youngest competitor in the Winter Olympic Games here, and probably the youngest ever in Winter Olympics. Beatrice, dressed in national costume, is already a favourite with other competitors in
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    • 392 15 OAKLAND. (California). Mon. (LTI) Eddie Machen. the only man to beat Jerry Quarry, thinks the Los Angeles sensation was more relaxed on Saturday when he stopped Thad Spencer i n their 12-round World Boxing Association semi-final heavyweight elimination bout. “Jerry had a lot less
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    • 133 15 CASABLANCA. Mon. (Reuter) The International Football Federation <FIFA) yesterday confirmed the suspension Imposed on two Racing Club 'Buenos Aires) players who were sent off in the World Clubs Championship playoff aga:nst Glasgow Celtic In Montevideo in November Last month, the Argentine Football Association
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    • 23 15 Binjai Park, with Wilson astride, being led into the winner's gate by Mr. E. A. Clark after winning at Bukit Timah last week.
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    • 313 15 GRENOBLE, (France), Mon. (UPI). The International Olympic Committee (IOC) soon plan to re-define the meaning of fhe word "amateur" to stop abuses which have crept into the Olympic games and other amateur sport, it was announced last night. ‘This whole amateurprofessional
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    • 155 15 PARIS. Mon (Reuter) Jean Josselin. French welterweight hope and former European champion, has h:s second encounter against America’s world champion Curtis Cokes here today But he can be only mildly hopeful of better success than in their first fight 15 months ago Cokes easily outpointed
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    • 84 15 KAMPALA, Mon. (Reu'er) The International Cricket XI. made up of players from English county clubs, were on the verge of victory after the second day's play in their three-day match against Uganda here Taking a lead of 97 runs on first innings, they claimed six
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    • 318 15 PALM SPRING. California. Mon (UPI) Arnold Palmer beat former amateur champion Deane Beman on the second hole of a sudden death playoff yesterday to win the $20,000 top prize in the 90-hole $122,000 Bob Hope Desert Classic. Beman. 23. who just turned pro
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    • 535 15  -  By MORLEY MYERS LONDON, Mon. (Reuter) When English first division club Arsenol moke their proposed three match tour of Japan next May they will bring with them soccer talent worth more than 500,000 sterling on the current British transfer market. The
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    • 34 15 MANILA. Mon. (Reuter) Japan yesterday defeated Hong Kong for its second straight victory in the First Asian Men’s Softball Championship here. In another game Nationalist China beat Singapore two to one.
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    • 351 15 OAKLAND. (California)', Mon. (Reuter) Jerry Quarry, a clear-cut winner over Thad Spencer, was 75,000 dollars (31,250 sterling) richer yesterday and looking forward to the 125, 000 dollars (52.000 sterling) he will collect for r Jimmy Ellis in the final of the World Boxing
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    • 125 15 LONDON, Mon. (Reuter) Geoff Hurst who hit two goals in West Ham United's seven-goal spree against Fulham on Saturday, increased his lead in the English First Division scoring table. Hurst has now scored 22 goals in Cup and League football this season, two more than
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  • 35 16 Jerry Quarry (right) lands a right to the head of Thad Spencer during their heavyweight elimination bout in Oakland, California. Quarry won by a technical knockout in the 12th and final round. UPI radio pix.
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  • 279 16 DAYTONA, (Florida). Mon. ’(Reuter) Porsche cars filled the first three places far ahead of the opposition In the 24-hour Daytona International Motor Race yesterday. In the winning car were British driver Vic Elford, who nine days ago won the Monte Carlo
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  • 297 16  -  COACH IS PEEVED OVER ATTITUDE By Albert Johnson SINGAPORE, Mon. Bulgarian soccer coach, Lozan Validimirov Kocev, is believed to have sent a report to SOSC president and Minister for Culture and Social Affairs, Enche Othman bin Wok, on the poor attendance of players to
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  • 124 16 GRENOBLE. Mon. (Reuter) Acceptance of South Africa at this year’s Olympic Games at Mexico City would almost certainly mean a boycott by African nations, M. JeanClaude Ganga. secretarygeneral of the Supreme Council of African Sport, said yesterday. The International Olympic Committee is
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  • 1032 16 KUALA LUMPUR Mon Weights for First Day of the Selangor Turf Club s Turkus Gold Cup meeting 1988. Saturday. Feb 10 HORSES CLASS 1 Dit. 2 9 furs. Napoleon Solo 9 00 Amusement ITT 8 12 Pasir Bogak 8 11 Croupier s Chant 8 10 Goicor.da 8
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  • 480 16 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Lilacs are comfortable leaders in the Morning Glory league bowling competition at Merlin Bowling Centre. After 11 weeks of competition, Lilacs head the list with a total of 18,390 pinfalls. They have played a total of 44 eames so far
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  • 302 16 SINGAPORE. Mon. The Basketball Association of Singapore have pledged to play its role to bring about greater unity in sports promotion in the Re- public. The BAS which was involved in a controversy on the non-selection of the basketball team to the
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  • 83 16 SINGAPORE. Mon. The Immigration Comptroller, Mr. Tan Boon Seng was recently elected as the president of the Immigration Sports Club at Its first annual general meeting. Other office-bearers are: Vice-President, Mr. Wong Soon Chee: Hon. Secretary, Mr. Chang Nam Kwang; Asst. Hon. Secretary. Mr. John
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  • 400 16 SINGAPORE. Mon. Singapore Combined Schools Sports Council will hold its third race of the Inter-Team Road-Relay league competition. at Barker Road, tomorrow. The road-relay is divided into the boy’s and girl’s sections only, with no Junior or Senior Divisions in them.
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 60 16 TIME AND TIDE Penang: 4.17 am. (6.1 ft.), 5.16 pm. (6.2 ft.). Port Swettenham: 9.23 a.m. (12.1 ft.), 10.03 p.m. (12.8 ft.). Port Dickson: 10.31 a.m. (6.6 ft.) 11.20 p.m. (7.2 ft.) Singapore: 3.19 a.m. (8.5 ft.), 3.47 p.m. (7.2 ft.). Sedili Kechil: 2.07 a.m. (7.2 ft). 3.24 pm. (6.1
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